For three decades — and counting! — the world’s top financial institutions have relied on the extreme reliability, flexibility, and scalability of IBM and ACI Worldwide solutions for their core-banking systems.
The next chapter of this relationship is here. We’re collaborating to deliver an updated and fully z/OS-3.1 native version of ACI’s BASE24-eps solution, including support for the newly launched IBM z17 platform, and optimizations for running AI workloads on the Spyre chipset. We are excited to collaborate with IBM as the company unveils its new IBM z17.
The combination of IBM Z platforms and BASE24-eps has helped financial institutions respond to successive waves of payment innovations, over dozens of years. Both solutions are famous for their performance and resilience and have been key to ensuring new payment types and technologies translate into competitive advantages for banks and, ultimately, economic prosperity for society.
With ACI’s new support for 64-bit z/OS and the latest IBM Z architecture, financial institutions can continue leveraging their powerful mainframe features — bullet-proof resiliency, built-in security, and unmatched processing power — to continue to thrive in the ever-evolving payments landscape. And, by expanding its testing and certification efforts on IBM’s newest mainframe systems, ACI is also exploring bringing yet more of its portfolio onto IBM’s high-performance infrastructure.
“Our partnership with IBM has always been about enabling financial institutions to maximize performance and flexibility, and modernize efficiently,” said Scotty Perkins, Head of Product, ACI Worldwide. “By offering a z/OS-native solution on the latest IBM Z platform, we’re helping financial institutions achieve faster time-to-market for core-banking and payment modernization projects, with the peace of mind that comes from relying on IBM’s battle-tested infrastructure.”
IBM’s System z mainframes are a cornerstone of core banking systems worldwide. Beyond traditional workloads, the latest generation of IBM hardware embraces an open philosophy — running Linux, supporting cloud interconnectivity, and accommodating AI workloads. This future-focused approach ensures that banks and financial services providers can remain agile in a competitive marketplace; while still depending on the same resilience, scalability and performance they’ve always received from their IBM infrastructure.
Over the years, IBM and ACI Worldwide have closely aligned their product development to accelerate customers’ implementation timelines, resulting in reference deployment architectures, lab-tested configurations, and an acclaimed edition of IBM Redbooks. By ensuring that ACI’s BASE24-eps operates seamlessly on IBM’s platform, both organizations enable leading financial institutions worldwide to benefit from faster deployments, lower risk, and unmatched scalability.
Looking ahead, customers can expect even more collaborative innovation. ACI and IBM are determined to set the pace on providing secure, round-the-clock payments processing, through ongoing sharing of resources, time, and specialized expertise. Whether that involves integrating new AI-driven features, expanding support for Linux onIBM Z, or fueling banks’ wider modernization plans.
ACI Worldwide and IBM remain firmly committed to delivering leading-edge payments solutions on the next generation of mainframes. With an eye toward openness, resilience, and continuous modernization, this partnership is poised to power the future of financial services for decades to come. Our continued collaboration with ACI Worldwide demonstrates IBM’s commitment to delivering modern, highly secure solutions for mission-critical workloads. Together, we’re helping customers stay ahead in a rapidly changing banking and payments environment. I’m excited to see what the next 30 years brings!
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, delivers transformative software solutions that power intelligent payments orchestration in real time so banks, billers, and merchants can drive growth, while continuously modernizing their payment infrastructures, simply and securely. With nearly 50 years of trusted payments expertise, we combine our global footprint with a local presence to offer enhanced payment experiences to stay ahead of constantly changing payment challenges and opportunities.